Bag.



C. G. MILLER.

BAG.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20, 1908.

924, 1 74. Patented June 8, 1909 7 IN VENTOR WITNESSES: LU

Charles Miller jjZJ-4-7'L y A TTORN E Y5.

UNITED STATES" PATENT ormo CHARLES C. MILLER, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANAQ BAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1909.

Application filed November 20, 1908. Serial No. 468,675.

cles from dust-,moth and other insects andver nin. In bags for this purpose it is essential that the mouth of the bag must be capable of being closed with great tightness in order that there shall be no opening therein through which dust, moths or other insects and vermin-may enter into the interior of the bag. Itis an advantage if the mouth may be securely but temporarily closed so that the same may be opened without injury to the bag, the articles removed therefrom and the bag capable of subsequent use for the same purpose. It is also an advantage to have the mouth closing means as simple and compact as possible so that the bag may be easily and quickly closed or opened by the user. Another desirable feature is to construct the bag so that the same shall open to considerable extent to enable the user to insertthe articles within the bag and have themiretained therein with the least crushing of those articles-and at the same time expose the bag to the least injury. Another feature in such bags is to have the article supports or hooks which are within the bag so constructed and arranged that they may be removed when not in use, or turned so that there is no possibility of the same puncturing the bag by pressure from theoutside when the bag is notin'use.

My inventionhas for its object the con"- struction of a simple and compact bag which shall have embodied in itall the above mentioned features, and it consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter set forth and illustrated in the drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevationalview of the upper portionof a, bag constructed according to my invention, a portion of the'front being broken away'to show the interior of the bag; Fig. 2, an exaggerated side view of the bag with the mouth closed; Fig. 3, a side View of the bag in an opened condition; Fig. 3 a sectional view of a corner of the bagon line 3 of Fig. 3; Fi 4, a plan view in perspective, the mouth the bag being open: 1 s.

and 6,, views of the article banger or wok.

support; Fig. 7, a view of the article hanger or hook and Fig. 8, a view of the bag hanger.

Referring to the drawings I form the bag of paper or other moth or vermin proof material of suitable strength, the bag having a front 1, back 2 and sides 3. The sides are folded from top to bottom, as on line 3* and the bottom is closed by folding or doubling the front, folded sides and back over onto the front orback and sealed tightly thereon,

as shown in exaggerated form in Fig. 2.

The front and back sides of the bag are preferably formed of a single sheet of material, the side edges of the sheet being tightly sealed together in any suitable manner. The back 2 is projected above the front 1 to form a flap l, which is reinforced by a suitable flexible material such as heavy pa per 1*. Fixed to the front of this flap are two or more clasps 5 of well known construction, such as the usual clasp used on arctic shoes and the like; the tongue of each clasp being adapted to be sprung around the edge of the flap and the bag, as de-.

scribed hereinafter.

The outer portion of the back 2 for a short distance below the flap is reinforced at 6 by any suitable material, such as heavy paper,- or if the material from which the bag is made is itself of good strength, no reinforcement is necessary. ()n the outside of back 2 I provide a hanger 7 by which the bag may be hung in a closet or other place. This hanger consists of a plate 8 and a bent rod 9, the inwardly projectingends of which rod areloosely borne by a raised portion 10 in plate 8. On the inside of back 2 and preferably coincident with plate 8 is plate 11 having formed therein any dcsirablenumber of sockets or supports 12 which are adapted to receive the rear portion 13 of hooks or article supports 14. Hook14 consists preferably of a piece of metal, such as wire, bent so as to adapt the rear depending portion or arm 13 for insertion into sockets 12, the upper portion adjacentto the rear depending portion being curved downward so as to form a shoulder 15 which rests on the top of socket 12. The forward portion 16 of the upper portion is curved upward to form a recess or hollow 17 which is adapted to engage the article which the user desires to place in the bag. The inwardly extending arm 18 passes under and engages the lower end of socket 12 and thus acts as a lock to insurethe retention of the hook in the socket. To

. place the hook in position it is only necesrotatable about socket 12, so that it can be revolved in either direction until it abuts plate 11. It is thus out of the way and cannot protrude through front 1 when the bag is closed, as for shipment or storage, or display; while, when the hook is inuse it can be-rotated to any desirable position for supporting the articles within the bag. If a hook is not wanted it can easily be removed from its socket by first disengaging arm 18 from that socket and then withdrawing the hook and its dependent arm 13 from engagement with the socket. Any number of sockets12 and hooks 14 may be provided for the bag Plates 8 and 11 are provided with suitable alining openings 19 through which and through back 2 are passed suitable rivets or other means by which the two plates are fixed on the back. Any other convenient manner of mounting the two plates on back 2 will sutfice for my purpose.

The folded sides 3 have several advantages. When front 1 is pulled away from back 2, the fold of each side tends to straighten out-that is,line 3 approaches the plane of the side edges of the front and back, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The lower portion of each side when expanded assumes a position similar to that indicated in Fig. 3 the figure being somewhat exaggerated to show thickness of the parts. In this view it will be noticed that the lower portion ofthe edge (3 of the folded side slants upward and outward, while the side in addition takes another fold on approximately line 3 to accommodate the outward movement of the side. This angularity and additional fold is obvious since the folded side is included with the front and back in the fold of the lower end of the bag which closes the bottom thereof as before described. This capability of expansion of the sides enables the user to open the bag to quite an extent andpermits the very easy insertion of the articles into it with comparatively no crushing, and when the bag is closed the folded sides permit 'of a continuous expansion of those sides so that the articles within the bag are subject to very little crushing, if any at all. It is preferable to mount the article hanger plate far enough below the top of the bag to enable the articles to be hung a suitable distance beneath the top when closed in order that the articles may be free from crushing from the closing of the mouth of the bag. The expansion of the sides also tends to preserve the bag from damage on being opened, for if the front and back were brought together at the sides the front would be apt to tear away from the back when subjected to the strain of opening. The expansible sides of my bag reduces that likelihood to a minimum because of the wide mouth produced by the expansion of those sides.

To close the bag after the articles are in the same, flap 1 is folded over front 1 and a second forward fold of front 1, back 2 and sides 3 is made approximately on line 15, the depth of the second fold depending on the height of the flap above back 2. After the second fold is made the tongues 5 of clamps 5 are sprung or snapped around the edges of the flap and the adjacent edges of the front 1 and back 2, and the mouth is thereby securely closed.

It is apparent that by my construction I have a bag which is very simple and easy of manipulation, which is capable of being filled and securely closed with safety both to the bag and to its contents, and the article supports or books of which are movable or removable at the will of the user for providing additional safety to the bag in shipping or display or use by eliminating the dan er of puncture of the bag by the hooks.

1 mt I claim is:

1. A bag comprising a front, a back and two extensible sides, spring clasps on the back adjacent to the side and upper edges thereof, the upper portion of the bag being adapted to be folded forwardly to close the mouth of the bag and the clasps being adapted to be sprung onto the back when the mouth is closed.

2. A bag comprising a front, a back and two folded sides, a flap on the back carrying a spring clasp adjacent to each side edge thereof, the flap and upper portion of the bag being adapted to be folded forwardly to close the mouth of the bag and the clasps being adapted to be sprung around from the front onto the back of the bag when the mouth of the latter is closed.

In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 16th day of November, .1908.

CHARLES C. MILLER.

Witnesses LUCILLE HENEH, FRANK CARTER. 

